U.S. Virgin Islands: Events

What is happening in United States Virgin Islands:

The Virgin Islands are some of the prettiest property in the Caribbean and a place where tourists from all over the world visit all year. It has a population of about one hundred and twenty thousand people but has more than four times as many visitors. There are many subtropical forests because the islands have a fairly good rainfall yearly.

There are a number of festive events from Carnival and Calypso celebrations.

January

• New Year's Day - January 1 - Public Holiday
• Crucian Christmas Festival - St. Croix
• Calypso Monarch Competition - St. Croix
• Martin Luther King's Jr. Day - Third Monday in January

February

• Presidents' Day - Third Monday in February
• Mardi Gras - St. Croix
• Presidents' Day

March

• Reggae Festival - St. Thomas
• Carnival - (St. Thomas begins)
• Easter Holiday - Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday; (The Easter Holiday occurs either late March or early April).
• Transfer Day - March 31

Transfer Day is the day that commemorates the date that St. Croix was handed over to the United States from Denmark.

April

• Carnival in St. Thomas (carnival runs until the last weekend)
• Arts Alive - Sunday Brunch (St. Thomas)
• International Rolex Cup Regatta (St. Thomas)

Carnival in St. Thomas usually occurs in late April and is unusual in that it occurs after Easter. The carnival is run for a crazy month, which is full of dancing, drumming, masquerades, eating and stilt walkers.

May

• Iron Man Jump Up - St. Croix
• St. Croix International Triathlon
• International Rolex Regatta - St. Croix
• St. John carnival (begins the last week of May)
• Memorial Day - Last Monday in May

June

• Carnival in St. John

The carnival in St. John begins in late June and extends into the Independence Holiday of July 4.

July

• Emancipation Day - July 3 - Public Holiday
• Independence Day - July 4 - Public Holiday

Emancipation Day is celebrated on July 3, which is the date that was announced in the Virgin Islands that slavery had come to and end.

September

• Labour Day - First Monday in September - Public Holiday

This is celebrated in conjunction with the Labour Day on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.

October

• Columbus Day, Virgin Islands Friendship Day - Public Holiday - Second Monday in October

November

• Liberty Day (St. Croix) - November 1 - Public Holiday
• Veterans' Day - November 11 - Public Holiday
• Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November

December

• Christmas Day - December 25 - Public Holiday
• Boxing Day - Public Holiday
• Crucian Christmas Festival - Starts December 25 until early January

There is a two-week Crucian Christmas Festival, which starts at Christmas day and extends through early January and offers drinking, parading and feasting.